I seem to be getting more hits from around the world. Europe has about 7 one-time readers, I had four Asian hits, and one hit from someone in the middle of the Atlantic, probably on a raft or deserted island or something. I just hope my blog provides/provided them some comfort out there. The midwest isn't looking too bad, I hope that my Distorted View banner has something to do with that, or maybe some road comic is just checking up on me, hence the different locals.
I wasn't on stage last night. I was supposed to be, though. Twice kind of. I signed up for the Open Mic at the Forum, and was at the Westport Starbucks writing with Janine Brito and Matt Wolff. The weather got pretty bad pretty quick and I decided to trade my motorcycle for my car (which was parked a couple miles away at my brother's). Anyway, I got to my car and realized I had a message from the Bone inviting me to emcee. This probably won't help me out much, since some people at the Comedy Forum aren't very fond of the Bone, but I agreed to emcee. After all, paid work trumps non-paid any time. When I got back to Westport, the power was out due to the storm, so we didn't have a show. The worst part of the whole story is: I was going to debute some new material at the Forum and I was excited to try it out. I'll try it tonight at Laughs, provided I don't forget (again).
I see some comics with new material go up with obvious notes (like a notebook, or a big hunk of paper, or whatever) and I can kind of now see why it works for them. These guys have defined, noticable styles and it's easy to see that, and so the notebook doesn't take away from their time on stage. I want that.